Course Content -1. Syllabus -2. Lecture Notes -3. Homeworks -4. Quizzes -5. Course Projects -6. Exams

1. Syllabus

Course Syllabus for SWE 423 for Term 071

• Syllabus

Catalog Course Description

Why multimedia systems? Fonts and hypertext. Digital audio. Synthesized audio & MIDI. Audio on the Internet & audio streaming. Speech recognition. Computer graphics and images. Image formats and standards. Color models in images. Image compression. Principles of animation. Digital video. Video compression. Video on the Internet & video streaming. Videoconferencing. Multimedia software tools. Issues in multimedia applications design. Multimedia programming techniques.

Course Contents

Introduction                                             Chapter 1

Media and Data Streams                         Chapter 2

Optical Storage Media                             Chapter 8

Audio Technology                                   Chapter 3

Graphics and Images                               Chapter 4

Video Technology                                   Chapter 5

Computer-based Animation                     Chapter 6

Data Compression                                   Chapter 7

Content Analysis                                      Chapter 9

Grading Policy

Homeworks and Programming Assignments         10%

Quizzes                                                                10%

Two Projects                                                        20%

Two Major Exams                                                30%

Absences                                                              -4.5%

Final Exam                                                              30%
 

Instructor

Dr. Wasfi Al-Khatib  (Office: (22) 133-1, phone: x1715). E-mail: wasfi@kfupm.edu.sa
Office hours: SM: 11:00am – 01:00pm, W: 11:00am – 12:00pm, or by an appointment.

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